- present participle of gray.
graying
Example Sentences
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Graying and at 40 well past his “Dude” days, Dudamel has become a magisterial, if still youthfully exuberant, music director who takes everything he conducts with great seriousness and great joy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2021
Graying societies were already struggling with economic growth before the virus forced them to shut down most businesses.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2020
Graying women in white lab coats showed her the ultrasound on a widescreen TV and told her she might miscarry, encouraging her to wait out the early pregnancy.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2018
At the conference, some older people with HIV lined up to have their photographs made and their personal histories recorded, part of a Web project called "The Graying of AIDS."
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2012
Graying audiences: the subject causes great concern to opera houses, which fear that the number of people in their seats will dwindle as fewer young people become interested in the art form.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2011